Government Reform panel passes contractor database bill
Source: By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily , March 14, 2008
A bill to set up a public database on federal contractor performance and misconduct won approval Thursday from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee despite Republican concerns the measure could allow unfair attacks on contractors as well as end up barring large companies from receiving government contracts.
Introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and passed by voice vote, the measure (H.R. 3033) would require creation of a publically accessible list of any completed criminal, civil and administrative proceedings against federal contractors in the last five years.